Method and system for unlocking and/or opening at least one openable member of a motor vehicle

A keyless entry system for unlocking and/or opening at least one openable member of a motor vehicle, the system comprising:

• a key fob transmitter unit including a single manually operable switch capable of transmitting a coded signal to unlock and/or open at least one openable member of the motor vehicle;
• a receiver module responsive to the coded signal for providing a receiver signal in response to the coded signal;
• a plurality of sensors, each of the sensors being positioned at a different corresponding openable member of the vehicle for sensing an approach of a user of the vehicle or an object carried by the user in the immediate vicinity of its corresponding openable member and to provide a corresponding proximity signal in response thereto;
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• a controller for processing the receiver and proximity signals to obtain a control signal to unlock and/or open each at least one openable member corresponding to the proximity signal, wherein the particular openable member is unlocked and/or opened only when the coded signal is received and the corresponding proximity signal is provided when the user of the vehicle or the object carried by the user is in the immediate vicinity of the at least one openable member.